The reward total for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderers of Menachem Stark, a 39-year-old father of seven who was kidnapped and killed this weekend in Brooklyn has been raised to $72,000.

The Stark family has raised their total contribution to $50,000, and yesterday at a press conference, Police Commissioner William Bratton announced that the NYPD was offering an additional $20,000, and the NYPD Crime Stoppers program putting up an additional $2,000.

Rabbi David Niederman, Executive Director of United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg, said, �We have increased the reward in the hopes that anyone and everyone who knows anything comes forward. There are 7 orphans in Brooklyn, and a loving grieving wife � and we hope and pray there will be justice. We thank the law enforcement community for their hard work, and echo Commissioner Bratton�s call for the public�s assistance in solving this case.�

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.

(YWN Desk – NYC)